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| birth_place = [[upstate New York]] |
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'''Rod Barry''' (born 5 December |
'''Rod Barry''' (born 5 December 1973; also ''Rob deBaer'', ''Rod Berry'', ''Rod'')<ref name=H1/> is a former [[pornographic actor]] and director from the United States who has been credited in over 150 [[pornographic films]] and internet-based shows since entering the industry in 1996.<ref>{{iafd name|RodBarry|name=Rod Barry}}</ref> Most of Barry's appearances have been in the [[gay pornography]] genre, but he has appeared in bisexual, transsexual and heterosexual videos.<ref name=H1/> In 2008, he was inducted into the [[gay pornography]] industry's Hall of Fame.<ref name=H1/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Barry entered the industry in 1996, being discovered by |
Barry entered the industry in 1996, being discovered by Dirk Yates,<ref name=H1/> and his first film was ''The Few, The Proud, The Naked #8''.<ref name=H1/> Barry won a Grabby Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998,<ref name=H1/> for his performance in ''A Lesson Learned'', and the Best Supporting Actor award at the GayVN Awards for ''White Trash''.<ref name=gayvnpastwinners/> He has worked for many leading directors, including [[Chi Chi LaRue]], [[John Rutherford (director)|John Rutherford]], [[Wash West]], [[Steven Scarborough]], [[Michael Zen]], [[Mike Donner]], and Doug Jeffries.<ref name=H1/> In 2005, he directed his first gay adult video, ''Down The Drain'', for All Worlds Video, which incorporated a "making of" section that was considered important in the development of the genre.<ref>{{cite book | title=Queer Communication Pedagogy | isbn=978-1138066441 | author1=Ahmet Atay | author2=Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oj63DwAAQBAJ&q=rod+barry+porn&pg=PT162 | date=October 2019 | publisher=[[Routledge]]}}</ref> Barry went on to direct a series called ''Argentinean Auditions'' for the studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=RodBarry/gender=d/Rod-Barry.htm |title=rod barry - porn director - filmography |publisher=internet adult film database |accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2020|reason=this source is not reliable}} |
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Barry was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame at the 10th annual award ceremony in February 2008.<ref name=H1/><ref name=gayvnpastwinners/> In 2008, he launched RodBarryWorld.com, a |
Barry was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame at the 10th annual award ceremony in February 2008.<ref name=H1/><ref name=gayvnpastwinners/> In 2008, he launched RodBarryWorld.com, a video-on-demand website.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.gayporntimes.com/hardnews/2008/08/12/its-rod-barrys-world/|title=It's Rod Barry's World…|author=JC Adams|author-link=JC Adams|date=2008-08-12|website=|publisher=Gay Porn Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816012701/http://www.gayporntimes.com/hardnews/2008/08/12/its-rod-barrys-world/|archive-date=2008-08-16|accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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After completing one year in college, Barry served in the |
After completing one year in college, Barry served in the United States Marine Corps in 1994, then entered the pornographic industry.<ref name=H1>{{cite book | title=Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore | author=Jeffrey Escoffier | author-link=Jeffrey Escoffier | isbn=978-0786720101 | date=June 2009 | publisher=[[Avalon Publishing]] | pages=356–363 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdDPAcmS9XUC&q=rod+barry+&pg=PA380}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rodbarryworld.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-i-became-porn-star.html |title=Rod Barry World Blog: How I Became a Porn Star |publisher=Rodbarryworld |date=2009-03-02 |accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref> |
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Barry's sexual identity has been |
Barry's sexual identity has been the topic of debate.<ref name=H1/> In a 1998 interview with director Jerry Douglas, Barry said: "I wouldn't say, heterosexual. I'd say sexual. Sexual is you like an orgasm and you don't care how you get it".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Manshots]] | first=Jerry | last=Douglas | page=73 | date=June 1998 | title=Interview: Ron Barry}}</ref> Barry was noted as a "famous example" of a "[[gay-for-pay]]" performer,<ref name=AAM>{{cite book | title=A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation | author=Tan Hoang Nguyen | date=September 2014 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGmABAAAQBAJ&q=rod+barry+porn&pg=PT79 | isbn= 978-0822356844 | publisher=[[Duke University Press]] | pages=68–69}}</ref> and [[Jeffrey Escoffier]] records his decision to perform full gay scenes was "based solely on financial compensation".<ref name=H1/><ref name=AAM/> |
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In 2009, Barry wrote about his recovery from alcohol abuse.<ref name=":0" /> |
In 2009, Barry wrote about his recovery from alcohol abuse.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Awards and nominations== |
==Awards and nominations== |
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* 1997 [[Gay Erotic Video Awards]] nominee for |
* 1997 [[Gay Erotic Video Awards]] nominee for Best Newcomer<ref>{{cite web|title=1997 Gay Video Guide's Gay Erotic Video Awards|publisher=RAD Video|url=http://www.radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=194|date=1 December 1997|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008203112/http://www.radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=194|archivedate=8 October 2009}}</ref> |
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* 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for |
* 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top<ref name=1998gevanom>{{cite web|publisher=RAD Video|title=1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards (nominations)|url=http://radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=181|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420091817/http://www.radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=181|archivedate=2010-04-20}}</ref> |
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* 1999 [[Grabby Awards]] winner of Best Supporting Actor in ''A Lesson Learned'' (All Worlds Video)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grabby Awards (1999)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000790/1999/1/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=IMDb}}</ref> |
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* 2002 [[Grabby Awards]] nominee for |
* 2002 [[Grabby Awards]] nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Best Duo Sex Scene and Best Trio Sex Scene<ref name=grabbysnom2002>{{cite web|title=The 2002 Grabby Awards Nominations|url=http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.02.3.noms.html|publisher=Grabby Awards Show|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604005643/http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.02.3.noms.html|archivedate=June 4, 2004}}</ref> |
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* 2002 [[GayVN Awards]] winner of |
* 2002 [[GayVN Awards]] winner of Best Supporting Actor in ''White Trash''<ref name=gayvnpastwinners>{{cite web|title=GayVN Awards past winners (select year from droplist)|publisher=AVN|url=http://gayvnawards.avn.com/noms/pastwinners.html|access-date=2010-02-22|archive-date=2009-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219174724/http://gayvnawards.avn.com/noms/pastwinners.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2005 |
* 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in ''Thirst''<ref name=2005gayvnnom>{{cite web|title=2005 GayVN Nominations|url=http://radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=269|date=1 February 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204215524/http://www.radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=269|archivedate=4 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=264 |title=December RAD Boy Focus: Andy Kirra |publisher=RAD |date=2005-12-01 |accessdate=2010-02-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107062811/http://www.radvideo.com/news/article.php?ID=264 |archivedate=2010-01-07 }}</ref> |
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* 2006 |
* 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grabby Awards (2006)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000790/2006/1/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=IMDb}}</ref> |
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* 2008 |
* 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame<ref name=gayvnpastwinners/><ref name=gayvnnom2008>{{cite web|title=Feature: 2008 GayVN Award Winners (winners and nominations)|publisher=TLA Video|author=Keeneye Reeves|url=http://www.tlavideo.com/results/index.cfm?v=3&g=1382&f=6808&sn=1}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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===Further reading=== |
===Further reading=== |
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*{{cite book | title=Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore | author= |
*{{cite book | title=Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore | author=Jeffrey Escoffier | author-link=Jeffrey Escoffier | isbn=978-0786720101 | date=June 2009 | publisher=[[Avalon Publishing]] | pages=356–363 | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0786720107/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tu00_p1_i0}} |
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*{{cite book | title=A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation | author=Tan Hoang Nguyen | date=September 2014 | isbn= 978-0822356844 | publisher=[[Duke University Press]] | pages=68–69}} |
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*{{cite book | title=Queer Communication Pedagogy | isbn=978-1138066441 | author1=Ahmet Atay | author2=Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway |
*{{cite book | title=Queer Communication Pedagogy | isbn=978-1138066441 | author1=Ahmet Atay | author2=Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway | date=October 2019 | publisher=[[Routledge]]}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.rodbarryworld.blogspot.com Rod Barry's Official blog] |
* [http://www.rodbarryworld.blogspot.com Rod Barry's Official blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217194642/http://rodbarryworld.blogspot.com/ |date=2020-02-17 }} |
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 16 February 2024
Rod Barry | |
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Born | 5 December 1973 |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Website | www |
Rod Barry (born 5 December 1973; also Rob deBaer, Rod Berry, Rod)[1] is a former pornographic actor and director from the United States who has been credited in over 150 pornographic films and internet-based shows since entering the industry in 1996.[2] Most of Barry's appearances have been in the gay pornography genre, but he has appeared in bisexual, transsexual and heterosexual videos.[1] In 2008, he was inducted into the gay pornography industry's Hall of Fame.[1]
Career
[edit]Barry entered the industry in 1996, being discovered by Dirk Yates,[1] and his first film was The Few, The Proud, The Naked #8.[1] Barry won a Grabby Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998,[1] for his performance in A Lesson Learned, and the Best Supporting Actor award at the GayVN Awards for White Trash.[3] He has worked for many leading directors, including Chi Chi LaRue, John Rutherford, Wash West, Steven Scarborough, Michael Zen, Mike Donner, and Doug Jeffries.[1] In 2005, he directed his first gay adult video, Down The Drain, for All Worlds Video, which incorporated a "making of" section that was considered important in the development of the genre.[4] Barry went on to direct a series called Argentinean Auditions for the studio.[5][better source needed]
Barry was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame at the 10th annual award ceremony in February 2008.[1][3] In 2008, he launched RodBarryWorld.com, a video-on-demand website.[6]
Personal life
[edit]After completing one year in college, Barry served in the United States Marine Corps in 1994, then entered the pornographic industry.[1][7]
Barry's sexual identity has been the topic of debate.[1] In a 1998 interview with director Jerry Douglas, Barry said: "I wouldn't say, heterosexual. I'd say sexual. Sexual is you like an orgasm and you don't care how you get it".[8] Barry was noted as a "famous example" of a "gay-for-pay" performer,[9] and Jeffrey Escoffier records his decision to perform full gay scenes was "based solely on financial compensation".[1][9]
In 2009, Barry wrote about his recovery from alcohol abuse.[6]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 1997 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Newcomer[10]
- 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top[11]
- 1999 Grabby Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in A Lesson Learned (All Worlds Video)[12]
- 2002 Grabby Awards nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Best Duo Sex Scene and Best Trio Sex Scene[13]
- 2002 GayVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in White Trash[3]
- 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in Thirst[14][15]
- 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer[16]
- 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame[3][17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jeffrey Escoffier (June 2009). Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore. Avalon Publishing. pp. 356–363. ISBN 978-0786720101.
- ^ Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
- ^ a b c d "GayVN Awards past winners (select year from droplist)". AVN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ Ahmet Atay; Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (October 2019). Queer Communication Pedagogy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138066441.
- ^ "rod barry - porn director - filmography". internet adult film database. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ a b JC Adams (2008-08-12). "It's Rod Barry's World…". Gay Porn Times. Archived from the original on 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "Rod Barry World Blog: How I Became a Porn Star". Rodbarryworld. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ Douglas, Jerry (June 1998). "Interview: Ron Barry". Manshots. p. 73.
- ^ a b Tan Hoang Nguyen (September 2014). A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation. Duke University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0822356844.
- ^ "1997 Gay Video Guide's Gay Erotic Video Awards". RAD Video. 1 December 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009.
- ^ "1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards (nominations)". RAD Video. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20.
- ^ "Grabby Awards (1999)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "The 2002 Grabby Awards Nominations". Grabby Awards Show. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
- ^ "2005 GayVN Nominations". 1 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
- ^ "December RAD Boy Focus: Andy Kirra". RAD. 2005-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "Grabby Awards (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ Keeneye Reeves. "Feature: 2008 GayVN Award Winners (winners and nominations)". TLA Video.
Further reading
[edit]- Jeffrey Escoffier (June 2009). Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore. Avalon Publishing. pp. 356–363. ISBN 978-0786720101.
- Tan Hoang Nguyen (September 2014). A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation. Duke University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0822356844.
- Ahmet Atay; Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (October 2019). Queer Communication Pedagogy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138066441.
External links
[edit]- Rod Barry's Official blog Archived 2020-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Rod Barry at IMDb
- Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Rod Barry at the Adult Film Database